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Yep. And with Abramovich off the scene it might have just got easier for us to surge to the top. No wonder they are so rattled.

So this is their new angle eh? Desperately try to link the Saudis to Russia. Good luck with that lads.

Bearing in mind that the entire L7 extension increased SJP's capacity by 16K, I'm pretty certain that extending it to the Gallowgate and Milburn corner would increase capacity to 60,000. I am also absolutely confident that a new two-tier East Stand could be built on the same footprint too, which could give roughly an extra 5k on top of that. I think the owners are thinking along the same lines too, hence Mehrdad's comments about possibly increasing to 65K.

This is along the lines of what we need. L7 extended to Gallowgate and a lined-up glass wall on top of whatever East Stand we end up with, so that all sound is kept enclosed within the stadium.

That should be a really good watch. I’m also a fan of The Kick Off, and they all bring something to the table personality-wise. I want to see more appearances by James Lawrence Allcott though as he is really good on his own channel. To be honest a lot of these YouTube lads put the so-called expert TV pundits to shame.

How naive of me. It took a whole hour. https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/roman-abramovich-hands-over-‘stewardship-and-care’-of-chelsea-football-club.1573523/post-35668367

Yep, that will deffo happen. Will be either Exile, Dildo68, Mackem2017 or Roker Mackem. The most bitter cunts on there when it comes to us.

How long before these desperate clowns start speculating that the Saudis will sell us in order to buy Chelsea? I will give it 48 hours.

This is the way forward.

I'd bet money that most Newcastle residents don't even know what Leazes Terrace is or where in the city it is, that's how culturally relevant it is within the city. The people who know of it are those who follow NUFC. Personally I'd knock it down in a heartbeat to build a new SJP.

Down to a 4 for me. Only that high because the gap to 18th is still small and injuries could scupper us. But really, it would be unbelievably depressing to go down now after this turnaround in form and results. There are clearly at least 3 teams worse than us now and that wasn't the case only six weeks ago.

Agree. A new East Stand could be built, more or less on the same footprint, with a much greater capacity IMO.

Dear me. Of course expansion is needed. There are probably 15000 people alone who have walked away from attending matches because of Ashley. Then add in all of the new fans that the club are going to attract. If we are turned into another MUFC/LFC then there needs to be a minimum capacity of 65K. It sounds to me like the ones who say extra capacity is not needed are the ones who already have season tickets.

If they are looking at expanding SJP to 60K+ then they simply must be planning on reacquiring the land at Gallowgate.

From certain vantage points in the Carr Hill / Sheriff Hill / Windy Nook area you can literally look down on the entirety of Tyneside and beyond, viewing the North Sea to the east, the Cheviots to the North and looking towards the Northumberland/Cumbria border to the west. There's a park in Carr Hill that has a hill on it and standing at the top you are literally looking at a whole area of east, north and west that probably covers not far off that 50 miles in radius.

Although it's thoroughly enjoyable seeing how depressed they are at the moment, I still think they will make the play-offs. And if they have momentum I could see them going up. The last few seasons they had lost momentum as the season ended and it carried through into the play-offs. I could see the opposite happening this time.

We can safely rule that one out then. It's Castle Leazes or bust.

Sticking on a 5. This is a 7 team relegation mini-league now and its really impossible to say who will be the unlucky 3 to drop.

They were scathing last week….I guess they will be even worse this weekend…. https://www.villatalk.com/topic/22443-steven-gerrard/page/322/

Location-wise there can only be three spots for any new stadium - the existing SJP footprint, move to Castle Leazes or down to the Arena. Any new stadium MUST be in the city centre though - that is non-negotiable. The most realistic option is revisiting the Castle Leazes proposal. It would have to be on a much grander scale than the one from the 1990s though. I still think that Leazes Terrace could be moved. And I don't buy that the cost would be insane. The main hurdle for that proposal would be getting the permission to do it. For all the talk of a new location though, what is FAR more important is what would the new stadium design be like. It would be imperative that the number one requirement would be a design that created atmosphere, and kept the sound within the stadium. Therefore a proper roof that fully shelters each stand would be essential - not one of these half-roof monstrosities that leave half of the seating areas exposed to the elements.

In the future they may have an owner who is more clued up, but they will never have one that is more generous. Short's flaw was that he employed the wrong people to run the place. The way those tools over the road went on though, you'd think he was the devil incarnate.

Just in case anyone decides to start feeling sorry for them - here is another reminder of their reaction when our takeover hit the buffers in 2020.... https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/june-to-july-2020-nufc.1519229/page-331#post-32095731 Karma. It's such a bitch eh?

They are bigging up William Storey now. Just imagine that happening. This could actually get funnier.

Bahahahahahaaaaa.

Yep. According to them they have been rubbish to watch under Gerrard. I guess they know best as they watch it every week. But results seemed to show otherwise. If our owners made the decision to give Stevie G a swerve and go for Eddie instead then its looking a good one right now.